ἀκρόπολις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄκρος (ákros) +‎ πόλις (pólis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kró.po.lis/ → /aˈkro.po.lis/ → /aˈkro.po.lis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kró.po.lis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈkro.po.lis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈkro.po.lis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈkro.po.lis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈkro.po.lis/

Noun

ᾰ̓κρόπολῐς • (akrópolis) f (genitive ᾰ̓κροπόλεως); third declension

1. acropolis, high part of a city

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀκρόπολῐς; τῆς ἀκροπόλεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀκρόπολῐς hē akrópolis	τὼ ἀκροπόλει tṑ akropólei	αἱ ἀκροπόλεις hai akropóleis
Genitive	τῆς ἀκροπόλεως tês akropóleōs	τοῖν ἀκροπολέοιν toîn akropoléoin	τῶν ἀκροπόλεων tôn akropóleōn
Dative	τῇ ἀκροπόλει têi akropólei	τοῖν ἀκροπολέοιν toîn akropoléoin	ταῖς ἀκροπόλεσῐ / ἀκροπόλεσῐν taîs akropólesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀκρόπολῐν tḕn akrópolin	τὼ ἀκροπόλει tṑ akropólei	τᾱ̀ς ἀκροπόλεις tā̀s akropóleis
Vocative	ἀκρόπολῐ akrópoli	ἀκροπόλει akropólei	ἀκροπόλεις akropóleis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ακρόπολη (akrópoli)
• → French: acropole

Further reading

• “ἀκρόπολις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀκρόπολις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀκρόπολις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• ἀκρόπολις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἀκρόπολις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀκρόπολις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἀκρόπολις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • acropolis idem, page 9.
  • capitol idem, page 112.
  • castle idem, page 117.
  • citadel idem, page 133.